Using outdated, obsolete, and irrelevant test data to make disparaging statements about a client’s IQ, intelligence, and cognitive abilities: Minimally competent practice, unprofessional conduct, and/or malpractice?
By Dr. Bob Uttl (August 15, 2023) Recently, the three registrants of the College of Alberta Psychologists — Drs. Mary Westcott, Allan Mandel, and J. Braxton Suffield — relied on several sets of decades outdated, obsolete, and irrelevant test data to make disparaging statements about Ms. T’s IQ, intelligence, and cognitive abilities. They claimed that …